Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4,131, Nehemiah Goodwin, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Goodwin, Nehemiah
P 4131
CONTENTS

State of Maine.
YORK, ss.
I,
L. M. Bullock
Clerk of all the Judicial
Courts in said County, do hereby certify that
Abner Dows of Sanford in said county of York is a Justice of the Peace
in and for said county,
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is
duly commissioned and qualified to act as such; that his commission is dated March
7. 1844 and will expire March 7. 1857
and that the accompanying
his - is
genuine,
signature purporting to be
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the
Seal of the Supreme Judicial
Court for said State, this fifteenth day of July
Anno Domini 18 50
L. M. Bullock
Clerk.

Whereas all men by these presents, That I Nathan Goodwin of Sanford, in the County of York, and State of Maine, have appointed, and by these presents do appoint and constitute Samuel Thompson of Sanford aforesaid Esquire my true and lawful Attorney in fact, to receive from the Secretary of War, Paymaster General, Second or Third Auditor of the Treasury, or any other officer or officers authorized to settle or pay the same, my said account and all monies drafts or other dues of every kind, nature and name, for extra pay, commutation money, bounty, clothing money, prize money, withheld pay, or any other dues of any kind due to me from the United States, in my right as son and heir of the late Nehemiah Goodwin a Soldier in the War of the Revolution, to be then paid by any of the before mentioned or any other officers of the United States; and I do hereby request said officers, or any or either of them, to pay said amounts to said Thompson, and do hereby give said Thompson full power to receive all drafts, pay certificates, or any other papers in reference to said business, and to execute any and all receipts or discharges, or any other act which I could do if present, and any act by him to be done, shall be the same as if done by me in person. Witness my hand and seal this eleventh day of July A.D. 1850.
Nathan Goodwin
Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Asa Lorr

State of Maine
County of York ss. July 11 A.D. 1850
Then personally appeared Nathan Gardner and acknowledged the foregoing power and instrument by him subscribed to be his free act and deed. Before me. Asa Gow, Justice of the Peace

State of Maine: county of York ss.
Special Court of Probate, held July 15th. 1850:
Be it known, that on this fifteenth day of July, A.D. 1850, it has been satisfactorily proved in open court, being a court of record, that Nehemiah Goodwin, a native of Berwick in said county, was a soldier in the War of the Revolution; that he held the office of corporal in the 13th. Massa- chusetts Regiment; that he served three years in said war; that his discharge is dated Camp High Lands, February 25th, 1780, and signed by Daniel Pillsbury, Capt-Comdt. 13th. Mass. Regt.; that he died at Eddington in the county of Penobscot in said state of Maine, on the fourteenth day of April, 1843; that he left no widow; that he was, at the time of his decease about ninety six years of age; that Nathan Good- win, of Sanford, in said county of York, is the child and only surviving child of the said Nehemiah Goodwin, deceased.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court, this fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred and fifty.
Wm. C. Allen, Judge of the Court of Probate York County.
Wm. C. Allen, Judge.

No. 38025 Nehemiah Goodwin Maine
At 7 June 1852

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston :
May 2. 1850.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Nehemiah Goodwin is borne on rolls of 8 mos. service in 1775 in Capt. Jeremiah Hill's Co. Col. James Seamon's Regt. as a private of Boston; - on coat roll Oct. 26. 1775. - name signed as J.
On army book's in Capt. Peter Pagis Co. Col. Smith's (13th) Regt. as a Corporal of Pepperellboro' (now Saco), from Feby 22. 1777 to Dec. 31. 1779. 34 mos. 9 days. & in Capt. Fowle's Co. from Jany 1 to Feby 22. 1780. 1 mo. 22 days. - at time of settlement belonged to Berwick.
There appears to be no evidence of service by any other person of the name.

And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth the date above written.
W m Swift Sec y Secretary of the Commonwealth.

State of Maine.
County of York. Town of Sanford May 14. 1850
The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office, of the service of Nehemiah Goodwin, in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the Town of Berwick in the County of York and State of Maine. The place of his enlistment is unknown to you applicant, as well as the year, and Company. From the accompanying paper herewith, he appears to have been a Corporal in 13 Mass. Regt. and to have served three years from the date of his enlistment. The paper I forward you, to aid you in the search, please return it with the result of the examination.
The above Nehemiah Goodwin died in 1843, and the applicant for this information is the son and heir of said Goodwin, and is now using exertions to obtain from the Govt the amount due to him for a pension by reason of Revolutionary Service. That is the reason why his services, enlistment, &c are not more fully set forth in this application. Witness my hand this 14th day of May, A.D. 1850.
Signed by said Nathan Goodwin Nathan Goodwin in my presence, Samuel Thompson, Justice of the Peace.

Compso Heigh land Feb. 25 th 1780
Nehemiah Goodwin Corpl. 13 th Mass.
Reg t have serve three year from the date of his Inlistment like a good & faithfull Soldier & has turned in his arms and accoutrements
Therefore I d Goodwin is Discharged the Service
For Whom it May concern — Daniel Pillsbury Col t Comd. 13 th Mass t Reg t

Gentlemen & Sirs. In way of John Hill who for the within band of arms and government and his best shall be your discharge and you will oblige your most obed servant Nehemiah Goodwin
Boston Decemr 1 1761
Goodwin, Nehemiah Mass R 4131

Dear Sir
I write you to gain some information respecting a pension that is supposed is due Nehemiah Goodwin for his services in the old Revolutionary war Will you have the goodness to write me as soon as may be and state whether you have or have not delivered the amount to any one and if you have delivered it to any one please write to whom delivered and the amount delivered and when delivered and oblige as it will be of importance for me to know the particulars please write me Sanford April 6 th 1855. Nathan Goodwin
N.B. please direct to Springvale Maine
if you have not if it has not been delivered to any one please say so in
your letter and if it has been delivered say so and the amount and to whom delivered and when by so doing you will confer a great favor on me

To the honorable Commissioner of pensions Washington D.C.

State of Maine - York County
Springvale June 17. 1858 Hon. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir - In July 1850. The papers in the case of Nhemiah Goodwin deceased a revolutionary soldier of the United States was forwarded to the Department & Aug. 16. 1850. It appears the papers had been examined & filed as per Hon. J. L. Edwards letter of that date. Soon after that date Mrs. Thompson. Attorney of Nathan Goodwin (the only lawful her) retires & I was employed in the case & in 1855. I obtained the necessary evidence as to the identity of the deceased - but. My business called me to an other State. & now. I have returned & soon shall forward to the department the necessary proof (I think) to establish the claim & will you inform me whether or not. you require an application from the heir as in Bounty Land claims. & if so. please enclose a proper blank as. it is more convenient to forward all necessary papers at one time and much oblige
Your Obedt. Servt.
Very Respectfully yours A. W. Darr
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
S.P.

Pension Office, Official Business,
J. L. Edwards Commissioner.
Samuel Thompson Esq. Springfield, Maine.

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PRING E APR 6 ME
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1852
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1132 Memorandum
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.

Dear Sir will you have the goodness to state to me if the pension for Nehemiah Goodwin's services in the Revolutionary war has been delivered to any one and oblige
Yours Respectfully Nathan Goodwin N.B. direct to Springvale me. P.S. as I am stopping there January 27. 1850

Springvale, Sanford, } York County Maine } July 16. 1850
James L. Edwards Esq.
Sir - Enclosed I forward you the evidence of the services of late Nhemiah Goodwin a Soldier in the war of the Revolution, in order to obtain from the Government the amount due to the deceased for unclaimed pension, and bounty lands - I forward the certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of his services in the War of the Revolution - I also forward his discharge, certifying that he had served three years as Captain in the 13th Mass Regt - I also forward the certificate of the Judge of Probate of the proof of his death, and name of the heir - together with a Power of Attorney authenticated, all of which to obtain the amount due to my client in his right as Son and heir to deceased, as unclaimed pension, and bounty lands - which after a examination - Should the evidence be deemed sufficient, and the care made out - the necessary certificates, drafts or other papers due from the Government will be thank- fully received by
Your Humble Servant Samuel Thompson Attorney for Nathan Goodwin

No 380257 Nehemiah Goodwin Maine Suspended
let 16 th Augt 1850 David Tompson
Sept 6. Let returned & sent to J. Tompson. Sanford. Me.
Lot. Nathan Goodwin apt. 16/58
Same Feb. 5/58
A.W. Dampsey, 15/58
Nathan Goodwin lot 18/58
41 31
Lot 7 June 1832

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873
1/31 P. O.
Nehemiah Goodwin
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____ REJECTED _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18